Quilting is becoming an increasingly important and integral part of my life. My creative outlet changes how I view the world around me, influences the activities I pursue with my family, and introduces me to new people whose life paths wouldn't ordinarily intersect mine. My life is much like my favorite types of quilts - scrappy and unconventional, full of interest and surprises, and with an underlying current of making do (and making something beautiful!) with what I have.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Lazy Week at the Beach & Getting Inspired Online

I'm had a GREAT TIME in Cancun with my husband! We walked miles and miles every day. We swam in the wonderfully warm and clear water. We lounged - in hammocks, in beach chairs, on our balcony looking out over the water. We read and read and read (I finished 4 books). We ate delicious tacos at the 24 hour taco stand down the street. We visited Chichen Itza, which, for me, an archaeological anthropology major with a concentration in Mesoamerica in college, was a dream come true.

We did a lot of beach sitting

We visited Chichen Itza on the Equinox - a big day for a culture that reveres the sun.

The view from our hotel room

We stopped to eat at a restaurant/artisan center/hotel on our way to Chichen Itza. This is one of the hotel rooms - no beach, but I would LOVE to stay in something like this!

And I took the time to do something I don't do nearly as much of as I'd like to do - cruise quilt blogs! It feels so good to not have something else I SHOULD be doing so I can enjoy doing what I WANT to do! And look what I found! A Scrap Quilt Challenge! I love scrap quilts and I love challenges, so I'm IN! Is anyone else doing this one?

One thing I looked for online was shadow quilts. Remember that I made one but it just didn't excite me?